diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index e6cbbb7b..5854c4b2 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -1397,6 +1397,21 @@ Description Enable/Disable this downloader module.
 =========== =====
 
 
+downloader.*.filesize-min & .filesize-max
+-----------------------------------------
+=========== =====
+Type        ``string``
+Default     ``null``
+Example     ``"32000"``, ``"500k"``, ``"2.5M"``
+Description Minimum/Maximum allowed file size in bytes.
+            Any file smaller/larger than this limit will not be downloaded.
+
+            Possible values are valid integer or floating-point numbers
+            optionally followed by one of ``k``, ``m``. ``g``, ``t`` or ``p``.
+            These suffixes are case-insensitive.
+=========== =====
+
+
 downloader.*.mtime
 ------------------
 =========== =====
diff --git a/docs/gallery-dl.conf b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
index 56147e91..6d38a5d5 100644
--- a/docs/gallery-dl.conf
+++ b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@
 
     "downloader":
     {
+        "filesize-min": null,
+        "filesize-max": null,
         "part": true,
         "part-directory": null,
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
index 6644827c..7f14c030 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
         self.downloading = False
 
         self.adjust_extension = self.config("adjust-extensions", True)
+        self.minsize = self.config("filesize-min")
+        self.maxsize = self.config("filesize-max")
         self.retries = self.config("retries", extractor._retries)
         self.timeout = self.config("timeout", extractor._timeout)
         self.verify = self.config("verify", extractor._verify)
@@ -39,6 +41,16 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
 
         if self.retries < 0:
             self.retries = float("inf")
+        if self.minsize:
+            minsize = text.parse_bytes(self.minsize)
+            if not minsize:
+                self.log.warning("Invalid minimum filesize (%r)", self.minsize)
+            self.minsize = minsize
+        if self.maxsize:
+            maxsize = text.parse_bytes(self.maxsize)
+            if not maxsize:
+                self.log.warning("Invalid maximum filesize (%r)", self.maxsize)
+            self.maxsize = maxsize
         if self.rate:
             rate = text.parse_bytes(self.rate)
             if rate:
@@ -116,7 +128,20 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
                     continue
                 self.log.warning(msg)
                 return False
-            size = text.parse_int(size)
+
+            # check filesize
+            size = text.parse_int(size, None)
+            if size is not None:
+                if self.minsize and size < self.minsize:
+                    self.log.warning(
+                        "File size smaller than allowed minimum (%s < %s)",
+                        size, self.minsize)
+                    return False
+                if self.maxsize and size > self.maxsize:
+                    self.log.warning(
+                        "File size larger than allowed maximum (%s > %s)",
+                        size, self.maxsize)
+                    return False
 
             # set missing filename extension
             if not pathfmt.extension:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py
index c3dd863c..8086b5d9 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class YoutubeDLDownloader(DownloaderBase):
             "nopart": not self.part,
             "updatetime": self.config("mtime", True),
             "proxy": extractor.session.proxies.get("http"),
+            "min_filesize": text.parse_bytes(
+                self.config("filesize-min"), None),
+            "max_filesize": text.parse_bytes(
+                self.config("filesize-max"), None),
         }
         options.update(self.config("raw-options") or {})
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/option.py b/gallery_dl/option.py
index 5b99beee..50134478 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/option.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/option.py
@@ -209,6 +209,16 @@ def build_parser():
         dest="sleep", metavar="SECONDS", type=float, action=ConfigAction,
         help="Number of seconds to sleep before each download",
     )
+    downloader.add_argument(
+        "--filesize-min",
+        dest="filesize-min", metavar="SIZE", action=ConfigAction,
+        help="Do not download files smaller than SIZE (e.g. 500k or 2.5M)",
+    )
+    downloader.add_argument(
+        "--filesize-max",
+        dest="filesize-max", metavar="SIZE", action=ConfigAction,
+        help="Do not download files larger than SIZE (e.g. 500k or 2.5M)",
+    )
     downloader.add_argument(
         "--no-part",
         dest="part", nargs=0, action=ConfigConstAction, const=False,
diff --git a/test/test_downloader.py b/test/test_downloader.py
index 5d73a4c2..99cfb629 100644
--- a/test/test_downloader.py
+++ b/test/test_downloader.py
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ class TestHTTPDownloader(TestDownloaderBase):
         server = http.server.HTTPServer(("", port), HttpRequestHandler)
         threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True).start()
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.downloader.minsize = self.downloader.maxsize = None
+
     def test_http_download(self):
         self._run_test(self._jpg, None, DATA_JPG, "jpg", "jpg")
         self._run_test(self._png, None, DATA_PNG, "png", "png")
@@ -199,6 +202,20 @@ class TestHTTPDownloader(TestDownloaderBase):
         self._run_test(self._png, None, DATA_PNG, "gif", "png")
         self._run_test(self._gif, None, DATA_GIF, "jpg", "gif")
 
+    def test_http_filesize_min(self):
+        pathfmt = self._prepare_destination(None, extension=None)
+        self.downloader.minsize = 100
+        with self.assertLogs(self.downloader.log, "WARNING"):
+            success = self.downloader.download(self._gif, pathfmt)
+        self.assertFalse(success)
+
+    def test_http_filesize_max(self):
+        pathfmt = self._prepare_destination(None, extension=None)
+        self.downloader.maxsize = 100
+        with self.assertLogs(self.downloader.log, "WARNING"):
+            success = self.downloader.download(self._jpg, pathfmt)
+        self.assertFalse(success)
+
 
 class TestTextDownloader(TestDownloaderBase):